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APPLICATION FILED FEB. I9. I917.

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SOLOMON SGHULMAN, 01E DAYTON, OHIO.

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Application filed February 19,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, SOLOMON SQHULMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new. and useful improvements in autographic registers.

The principal object of the invention is to provide in an autographic register employing two or more form printed strips, means for adjusting the latter so that the forms thereon will be properly alined. My improved alining device, which is simple in construction and 'efiicient in operation, is provided at the delivery end of the machine to cooperate with a hole on each boundary line between the measured strip sections to correctly aline them with each other.

A further and extremely important object of my invention is to aline the superimposed strips irrespective of the lengths of their corresponding sections. For example, a section on the top strip may be longer than a corresponding section on the strip or strips below, as Where the former contains vertising matter that need not appear on the slips which the proprietor retains. In this instance my improved alining device will aline the forms on the superimposed strips in the same manner as if their corresponding sections were of the same length.

My invention contemplates an alining device which is automatic in operation, for as the handle of the register is turned the alin- 'ing elements will accommodate themselves to the superimposed strips to aline'them as the latter are drawn ward the delivery end of the machine.

.Other important and incidental objects I will be referred to in the following specification and particularly pointed out in-the subjoined claims.

The preferred form of embodiment of my invention isillustrated in the accompanying Figure 1 is a longitudidrawings, of which Fig. 2

nal section through the apparatus. 18 a transverse section showing my improved alining means. Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' to reveal the alining elements.

by the feed rollers tothrough the same,

Patented Sept. 30 1912..

1817. Serial no. 149,416.

3 is a sectional view taken through the feed roller at right angles to its axis. Fig. 4 is a side view of one of the strip rolls, showing the spindle thereof in contact with a hinged brake member to keep the strip taut at all times. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the register, with the casing partly broken away And Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 are successive sectional views of the feed rollers, showing how the superimposed form-printed strips are alined between them.

Throughout'the specification and drawings, similar reference characters corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several views of the drawings, for a detailed description of the preferred form of embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates the main frame of the machine provided with a lid or cover plate 2 in which there is a writing orifice 3. Within the frame 1, spindles 4, 5 and 6 are suitably journaled to receive rolls of formprinted strips 7, 8 and 9 respectively. These strips 7 8 and 9 pass over respective rollers 10, 11 and 12 onto a writing table 13, the front ends of said strips being received between a feed roller 14 and a compression roller 15 now to be described.

The roller 14 is mounted on a shaft 16 suitably journaled within the frame 1, one end of said shaft extending beyond the side denote of the frame to receive a handle 17 by means of which the said roller may be turned. (See Figs. 2 and 5.) The roller 15, which is smaller in circumference than the roller 14, has its axial ends suitably journaled in a housing 18 provided on the cover plate 2, said ends being subjected to the pressure of springs 19 within said housing, to force said roller toward the roller 14 beneath. (See Fig. 2.) Suitably fulcrumed within'each side of the housing 18 to engage a respective end of the roller 15, is an ordinary cam lever 20 by means of which said roller-may be raised sufficiently above the roller 14 to permit the, ready inser ion or removal of the form printed strips.

lnygrder to keep the strips 7, 8 and 9 taut as they pass between the rollers 14 and 15,

.ing table 13.

forward.

a corresponding face of the enlarged middle portion of each of the spindles 4, 5 and 6 is engaged by the bifurcated free end of a brake member 21, whose other end is looped around a cross piece '21 supported between brackets 22 mounted upon the base of the frame 1. A coil spring 23 encircling saidwhich must be in alinement with corresponding lines and columns on the sections below, so that when the top one is written upon, the characters impressed Will appear upon the corresponding lines, and within the corresponding columns, on the duplicating sections beneath. The proper alining of these strips so that the forms on one register with those on the others, would be a difiicult operation were it not for the provision of some device which is automatically able to correctly aline them as the corresponding sections thereof are brought upon the writ- This result I have accomplished in a simple and efiicient manner by the provision of the following means.

Preferably provided on each boundary line 24 between the printed sections of the strips 7, 8 and 9, is a hole 25. These holes are in a position at the middle of the strip to periodically come beneath a circular boss or rib 26 preferably formed on the middleportion of the compression roller 15. (See Fi s. 2 and 5.) v

s the strips 7, 8 and 9 are drawn forward by the rollers 14 and 15 when the handle 17 is turned, the form on the strip 7.1nay bea little in advance of that on the strip 8, while the form on the latter may be a little in front of that on the strip 9, as shown in Fi 5. Accordingly, the hole 25 in the strip 7 Will first reach the circular boss 26, whereupon that strip will stop, since the boss 26, being within the hole, will have nothing to grip to move the strip (See Fig. 6.) But as the hole 25 in the strip 8 has not yet reached the boss 26, the latter will advance said strip until the hole 25 therein is beneath said boss, whereupon that stripv will stop, for the reasons before given. (See Fig. 7.) Now the top strip 9 is the only one in motion, and will continue to be moved as the handle 17 is turned, until its hole 25 comes beneath the'boss 26, whereupon that strip" will stop in alinement with the other two for the writing operation. -At this point the alining boss 26 is powerless to engage any portion of the several strips to move them forward, since it is within all three paprresponding holes 25 thereof as shown in In order that the strips 7, 8 and 9 may be again moved forward after the writing operation is completed, for severance along a knife edge 27 provided at the front of the cover plate 2, the starting means now to be described are provided. Formed on the compression roller 15, one on each side of the boss 26, are companion circular bosses or ribs 28 and 29. (See Figs. 2 and 5.) While I have shown two of these supplementary bosses, one, three or any other number may be provided at different points on the roller 15.

Formed in the feed roller 14 beneath the bosses 28 and 29, are circumferential grooves 30 and 31 respectively, whose bottoms the bosses do not touch. These grooves do not extend completely around the roller 14, but leave between their termini a portion 32 of the periphery of said roller for the bosses 28 and 29 to press the strips 7, 8 and 9 against, after their corresponding holes 25' 28 and 29 are above their respective grooves 30' and 31, exerting no gripping pressure upon them. Accordingly, the boss 26 alone will press the strips against the roller 14 for movement thereby until a hole 25 in one of the stripseomes beneath said boss, whereupon that strip will stop. Now after all three holes 25 of the corresponding strip sections are beneath the middle boss 26, a further turn of the handle 17 will start to bring the portion 32 of the periphery of the roller 14 beneath the bosses 28 and 29. Then, the grooves 30 and 31 having passed them, the last named bosses will press the strips 7, 8 and 9 against the portion 32 of the periphery of the roller 14 with enough force to cause the latter to advance said strips a sufficient distance to withdraw their respective holes 25 from beneath the boss 26. (See Fig. 9.) The strips will then be moved forward by all three bosses until the two supplementary ones 28 and 29 are once more above their respective grooves 30 and 31, after which the strips will be moved by the boss 26 alone.

While the supplementary bosses and the armac strip sections come into alinement with the be started in motion by the three sections which cutting edge 27 may be severe have been written upon along its sharp portion. stop the handle 17 when this point is reached, a plunger rod 33 is provided. (See Fig. 2). v the path of the handle, from a spring barrel 34 provided within the side of the frame 1. Contained within the barrel 34 is a coil spring 35, which is compressed by a boss 36 on the rod 33 when the latter is pushed inwardly to permit the handle 17 to be turned past it for the'purpose of the strips. After the handle 17 passes the rod 33, the latter will be pressed, by the spring 35, into the path of said handle to automatically stop it when the next stripsevering point is reached.

, When my supplemental boss and groove construction is provided for the purpose of advancing the strips after their corresponding holes 25 have come beneath the boss 26, the circumference of the feed roller 14 must be large enough to provide grooves 30 and 31 of suficient length to prevent their respective bosses 28 and 29 from pressi the paper tightly against the roller 14 during the alining operation. Otherwise, when a hole in one of the strips came beneath the boss 26, these supplemental bosses 28 and 29 would rose the paper with roller 14 to still move the strip.

'While it is not locating the holes 25 so that they are b1- sected by the division lines 24: upon the strips, no holes will appear in the severed sections of the latter. Instead, there will be a slight indentation which will not materially mar the appearance of the slip given:

out, nor interfere with its proper function.

My improved alining device is particularly designed to take care of strips whose respective sections are of unequal lengths. This can be readily. accomplished in my improved register, since each strip section after its hole 25 is beneath the boss 26, must wait until the corresponding holes in the other sections reach saidboss. For example, the hole in the longer section of a record strip would reach upon that section, which we will say is the top one, will stop until-the corresponding {ioles in the shorter sections are below said oss.

At this point all three sections, with their lines and columns in alinement, may the bosses 28 and 29.

Such a condition as the one above described may arise where a proprietor desires to give a long strip section containing advertising' matter to his customer, and retain the short ones upon which no advertising matter appears, for his files. This will result in economy, particularly where a great 'llo automatically This rod projects outwardly into advancing e periphery of the between each necessary to do so, yet by operate with the the boss 26 first, where- .roller to press a strip against many copy rolls are provided. At this point I the. scope of the subjoined claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. An autographic register comprising a platen and supports for record strips, said strips containing a series of similar forms between each two of which a hole is provided in each strip of-forms, and comprising a frame, a pair of rollers journaled in the forward end of said frame, to receive saidstrips, an annulus on one roller to press a strip against the other roller formovement thereby until said annulus enters one of the holes" in said strip, separate means onthe first roller on each side of, and independent of, said annulus, and means on the second roller adapted to cooperate with the separate means on the first roller, to advance all of said strips after the corresponding holes therein reach said annulus.

,2. An autographic register comprising a platen and supports for record strips,said strips containing a two of which a hole is centrally provided within each strip of forms, and comprising a frame, a roller journaled in the forward end of said frame, a second roller also journaled in said frame to cofirst roller in receiving said strips, a device for turning the second roller to advance the strips, a circular device on the first roller contiguous to the second roller to press the strips against the latter for movement thereby until the cor responding holes in said strips reach the circular device, and a supplemental element on the first roller for cooperation with a portion of the periphery of the second roller between the ends of the circumferential groove formed thereon, to advance the strips after said circular device is above said holes.

3. An autographic register comprising a platen and supports for record strips, said strips containing a series of similar forms between each two ofwhich a hole is provided in each strip of forms, and comprising a frame, a roller journaled in the for-,

ward end of said frame, a large drum also contiguous to the roller, the drum being the entire width of said sheets to provide a table therefor, an annulus centrally located on the the drum for movement thereby until said annulus enters one of the holes in said strip. advancing a.

series of similar forms llil means on said roller, independent of the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set annulus, and means on the drum adapted to my hand this 17th day of February, 1917.

cooperate With the independent means on the SOLOMON SOHULMAN. roller, to advance all of said strips after the Witnesses: 5 corresponding holes therein reach said an- WALTER V. SNYDER,

nulus. HOWARD S. SMITH. 

